How to apply for Marketing Coordinator

About The Battery Network

The Battery Network is a nonprofit that has run battery collection and recycling programs for over 30 years. It connects consumers, businesses, manufacturers, and municipalities, and provides education, collection, logistics, and compliance support. Working there means supporting state stewardship programs and a circular economy for battery materials.

About the role

This marketing coordinator supports the Stewardship team on state rollout plans, consumer education, and outreach for battery recycling and stewardship programs. The work covers stewardship communications, campaign coordination, reporting, and partner outreach across multiple states. The role is tied directly to expanding state programs and helping partners meet regulations.

A typical day

A typical day might include drafting stewardship communications, updating a state rollout plan, pulling numbers for a campaign report, and emailing municipal or business partners. You would coordinate with the Stewardship team on outreach and education tasks across multiple states. The exact routine is not listed, so ask about team structure and daily priorities in the interview.

Who The Battery Network is looking for

• Has experience coordinating marketing or communications campaigns, ideally across multiple states or regions.
• Can handle reporting and detail work for state rollout plans and stewardship communications.
• Is comfortable doing partner outreach with businesses, municipalities, or manufacturers.
• Has some background in or clear interest in recycling, sustainability, or environmental compliance.

Tips for this application

• Read batterynetwork.org and the state stewardship program pages before writing anything. Refer to specific programs or states in your application.
• In your resume, put campaign coordination, reporting, and partner outreach near the top. These are the three tasks named in the position summary.
• Name any experience with regulated industries, compliance, or public education campaigns. The job sits next to compliance expertise.
• Check the company's Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn to see how they communicate with consumers. Match that tone in your materials.
• If you have multi-state campaign experience, say which states and what you coordinated. The role supports state rollout plans across multiple states.

What to cover in your cover letter

State the specific campaign coordination or reporting work you have done and how it maps to state rollout plans. Explain why battery recycling and a circular economy matter to you, using facts from the company's description. Describe your experience with partner outreach to businesses, municipalities, or manufacturers. Show you understand that this is a nonprofit stewardship role, not a general consumer marketing job.

Research before applying

• Review batterynetwork.org, especially any pages on state stewardship programs and compliance.
• Look up which states have battery stewardship or extended producer responsibility laws, since the role supports state rollouts.
• Read the company's recent posts on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn to see current campaigns and messaging.
• Find out what battery collection and recycling logistics involve, so you understand what partners need.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How would you coordinate a state rollout plan for a new battery stewardship program?
• Describe a time you managed reporting for a multi-state or multi-partner campaign.
• How would you approach consumer education about battery recycling in a state with new regulations?
• What do you know about battery stewardship laws and extended producer responsibility?
• How would you handle outreach to municipalities or manufacturers who are not yet participating?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Treating this like a general consumer brand marketing role and ignoring the stewardship and compliance side.
• Applying without reading about state stewardship programs or battery recycling rules.
• Using vague language about sustainability without naming specific programs, states, or partners.